Tuesday, June 30, 2020

A Luxurious Home in China That Plays With Levels and Light

A Luxurious Home in China That Plays With Levels and Light

Liang Architecture Studio has transformed the interior of home in China into a grand space that highlights its own architecture. Design director Xu Liang and his team focused on creating a flow that focuses on how a human would naturally move through the space.

The ease of movement resulting from the careful layout allows the occupants to focus more on their surroundings as a whole as they move around.

A main goal when designing the space was to let in as much daylight as possible, which was accomplished through playful skylight cutouts and strategically placed windows that mimic the height and shape of the structure building. The skylight cutouts project tiny light shapes on the walls that act as a natural art installation.

Previously, there were only two areas that allowed natural light inside, so a central atrium was added to strategically allow sunlight to enter the space from all sides and on each level.

Subtle details, like a structural beam above the foyer remain from the home’s previous design to pay homage to past memories.

The overall layout is open and free-flowing to encourage interaction amongst family members. Parts of the ceiling above the living room and dining rooms were cut out in order to connect the public areas as much as possible.

Photos by Wang Ting and Ye Song.

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Balance, Beauty + Functionality Make up the Roll Chair

Balance, Beauty + Functionality Make up the Roll Chair

It’s easy to overthink things that are profoundly simplistic – the inspiration behind Roll, for example. Designed by MUT for Sancal, this chair found its design approach in leg press machines you can find at the gym. That’s right, a piece of furniture designed for relaxation was inspired by something made for the complete opposite purpose.

This chair has a lot going for it in the forms of balance, beauty, and functionality. Constructed using only steel tubes and two cylindrical pads, for seat and backrest, Roll also makes for a fantastic work of sculptural art – especially when stacked in multiples.

The pads can be upholstered in any of Sancal’s fabrics and twelve lacquer colors are available for the chair’s metal structure. While Roll is designed to last and we anticipate you having it around for a long time to come, the chair’s raw materials make it sustainable and simplifies the recycling process when the time comes.

For more information on the Roll chair, visit sancal.com.

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Clever Ep. 122: Design Advocate Jessie McGuire

Clever Ep. 122: Design Advocate Jessie McGuire

In this episode of Clever, Amy Devers talks to branding and design strategist Jessie McGuire, who was born in El Salvador and adopted by a “wholehearted feminist” single mother. She grew up exploring her creativity and getting encouragement to go to art school. After a few degrees and a slew of work experience she’s now the managing director of ThoughtMatter, where she’s fostering a culture of work worth doing, building a justifiable case for creativity and spreading the gospel of curiosity, thoughtfulness and generosity. And redesigning the constitution, nbd. Listen:


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19 Chairs for Creativity + Change

19 Chairs for Creativity + Change

At the end of April, London-based brothers and emerging designers Tom and Will Butterfield launched 19 Chairs to raise funds for Age UK and Resourcing Racial Justice. Using sections of wood along with wood screws, they challenged themselves to design and build one chair a day for 19 days during lockdown.

With all of the chairs assembled they’re now moving on to Stage 2 of the project: delivering the chairs to artists and designers from the creative industry who have been asked to reinvent, reimagine, or redesign their chair with an older person in mind. Signed up to participate you’ll find designer Tom Dixon and illustrator Jean Jullien among others. With only four spaces left to fill, we can’t wait to see the results!

Their plan is to sell these revamped chairs with all profits raised being donated. Tom and Will first chose to give their support to the elderly that have been heavily affected by COVID-19, with Age UK offering companionship and support to their generation. And in light of the Black Lives Matter initiative, they decided to donate the other half of their profits to Resourcing Racial Justice. This group of POC individuals are innovators, change-makers, activists, artists, and social leaders who are dedicated to social change.

Stay up to date with the 19 Chairs project by visiting 19chairs.co.uk.

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A Recap of Isola Design District’s Digitized Design Week

A Recap of Isola Design District’s Digitized Design Week

Last week, Isola Design District concluded their 6-day virtual festival, Isola Goes Digital, to celebrate new designs and designers featured on their digital platform. If you missed any of the events, you can still e-meet a selection of the designers, studios, and brands on the platform and learn more about their projects and collections. In the coming months, even more designers and projects will join the platform, as well as live-streaming events organized by international guests.

The platform is such a fun way to discover designers and their projects, take an inside look at their creative process, and even purchase items! Here’s a few featured designers we think you should check out:

Studio Thusthat – This Is Copper

Youngmin Kang – Aff Collection

Gianmaria della Ratta – Maccheronextrusion.obj

Prachi Dikshit – Glints Of Algae

Peyton Fox – Grounds Leather

Re:flex – Transformable products

Cohors – Trouvé Table Lamp

Isola Design District will also take part in Dutch Design Week, from October 17-25, 2020, with another digital format to come. Stay tuned and visit isoladesigndesigndistrict.com to learn more about upcoming events!

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